Section 117B — Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002: Article 8: public interest considerations applicable in all cases

Article 8: public interest considerations applicable in all cases 117B 1 The maintenance of effective immigration controls is in the public interest.

2 It is in the public interest, and in particular in the interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, that persons who seek to enter or remain in the United Kingdom are able to speak English, because persons who can speak English—

a are less of a burden on taxpayers, and b are better able to integrate into society.

3 It is in the public interest, and in particular in the interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, that persons who seek to enter or remain in the United Kingdom are financially independent, because such persons—

a are not a burden on taxpayers, and b are better able to integrate into society.

4 Little weight should be given to—

a a private life, or b a relationship formed with a qualifying partner, that is established by a person at a time when the person is in the United Kingdom unlawfully.

5 Little weight should be given to a private life established by a person at a time when the person's immigration status is precarious.

6 In the case of a person who is not liable to deportation, the public interest does not require the person's removal where—

a the person has a genuine and subsisting parental relationship with a qualifying child, and b it would not be reasonable to expect the child to leave the United Kingdom.